Rex/ Pelair are subject to a CASA Special safety audit - Ref CASA media release 23 Nov 2009 following the ocean ditching of a westind jet near Norfolk Island.
Rex is owned by an Singapore company is it not.
Skytrans Dash 8 landed Mt Isa Wed with a prop feathered.
No point in Qld Governmnt claiming doubling of seat capacity as justification. The pax numbers are just not there. Macair couldn't do it with 35 seats.
What realy went on in the tendering process. Did the perceived need to provide competition for QL on Qld regional routes determine the outcome?